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Tara Bell
- Mar 3
- 3 min
Arts in the Valley
How many times have you heard that an artist/maker, no matter what they make, is inspired by nature? I have, at least a thousand times....
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Linda Case
- Feb 20
- 2 min
A Yummy Binge
I have to confess I’ve been bingeing on Britbox. They’ve just added a show called Make It at Market and I can’t get enough of it. Each...
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Tara Bell
- Feb 2
- 2 min
Passing the Torch
There are craftspeople. If you aren't one, you might think we are competing with each other, but we are not rivals, We are kin. We want...
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Linda Case
- Jan 6
- 2 min
Joining the Studio Tour, part two
In this blog, Founder Anne Bowers shines a light on our jurying of new members in the Studio Tour (see also part 1). “The tour jurying...
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Linda Case
- Jan 2
- 2 min
Joining the Studio Tour, part one
As members of the The Over the Mountain Studio Tour we often are asked “Who are these artisans? What might I do to be a part of this...
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Linda Case
- Nov 30, 2022
- 2 min
Dispatches from the 2022 Studio Tour...
After the Tour I polled our artists on how the Tour went for them. The replies were outstandingly positive - “a wow” with “tons of...
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Tara Bell
- Nov 7, 2022
- 2 min
This Week-end, Repose Yourselves
Get in your vehicle with family and/or friends or be by yourself. Set off with your GPS and/or printed off map of the studio stops in...
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Linda Case
- Nov 4, 2022
- 2 min
What's New?
An email to the Studio Tour Artists asking if they will be showing anything new this year (November 12 & 13, 10-5pm) generated a flood of...
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Linda Case
- Oct 22, 2022
- 3 min
Mutual Admiration
Why are our artists so enthused that the Studio Tour is almost upon us? Well, the easy answer is that each artist creates a “pop up”...
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Tara Bell
- Oct 1, 2022
- 2 min
Doing the Tour
There would be no reason to have the Over the Mountain Studio Tour if it weren't for the people who visit it. Of course It survives...
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Linda Case
- Sep 15, 2022
- 2 min
Heroic Tales of Art Rescues...
Can potters, paper artists (ooo, my scissors slipped!) and colored pencil artists rescue their work from mediocrity or the trash bin? I...
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Tara Bell
- Aug 26, 2022
- 1 min
Ch-ch-ch-changes
Ren & Pam, Pam & Ren, their names interchangeable with each other, are the creators of their lifetime business Sycamore Pottery, are...
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